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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c35
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
index 2a07c9adc6a6..59ed74ec010e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -359,17 +359,18 @@ static noinstr void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
bool b2b = false;
/*
- * CPU-specific NMI must be processed before non-CPU-specific
- * NMI, otherwise we may lose it, because the CPU-specific
- * NMI can not be detected/processed on other CPUs.
- */
-
- /*
- * Back-to-back NMIs are interesting because they can either
- * be two NMI or more than two NMIs (any thing over two is dropped
- * due to NMI being edge-triggered). If this is the second half
- * of the back-to-back NMI, assume we dropped things and process
- * more handlers. Otherwise reset the 'swallow' NMI behaviour
+ * Back-to-back NMIs are detected by comparing the RIP of the
+ * current NMI with that of the previous NMI. If it is the same,
+ * it is assumed that the CPU did not have a chance to jump back
+ * into a non-NMI context and execute code in between the two
+ * NMIs.
+ *
+ * They are interesting because even if there are more than two,
+ * only a maximum of two can be detected (anything over two is
+ * dropped due to NMI being edge-triggered). If this is the
+ * second half of the back-to-back NMI, assume we dropped things
+ * and process more handlers. Otherwise, reset the 'swallow' NMI
+ * behavior.
*/
if (regs->ip == __this_cpu_read(last_nmi_rip))
b2b = true;
@@ -383,6 +384,11 @@ static noinstr void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
if (microcode_nmi_handler_enabled() && microcode_nmi_handler())
goto out;
+ /*
+ * CPU-specific NMI must be processed before non-CPU-specific
+ * NMI, otherwise we may lose it, because the CPU-specific
+ * NMI can not be detected/processed on other CPUs.
+ */
handled = nmi_handle(NMI_LOCAL, regs);
__this_cpu_add(nmi_stats.normal, handled);
if (handled) {
@@ -419,13 +425,14 @@ static noinstr void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
pci_serr_error(reason, regs);
else if (reason & NMI_REASON_IOCHK)
io_check_error(reason, regs);
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+
/*
* Reassert NMI in case it became active
* meanwhile as it's edge-triggered:
*/
- reassert_nmi();
-#endif
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32))
+ reassert_nmi();
+
__this_cpu_add(nmi_stats.external, 1);
raw_spin_unlock(&nmi_reason_lock);
goto out;